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We need more leaders. And better ones. Wherever you are on your path to leadership, NationBuilder Cities will equip you with valuable tools in real life—starting with events to help you build community, share stories, and gain the skills and training you need to lead in this era.

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We need more leaders. And better ones. So we're hosting IRL meetups to equip people with the skills they need to lead in this era, tackle the barriers to leadership that are holding us back, and work towards a future where everyone can lead.

Join us for our launch event! We're kicking things off with a facilitated discussion about the challenges we're facing as leaders in LA. What does leadership look like? What's required of us to step up and lead? What barriers are we facing? We'll round out the night with drinks, bites and mingling.

Plus, we'll be calling on you to tell us what you need, for instance:

Who else should we partner with?

What should these meet-ups deliver so we can bust down barriers and equip each other?

Should we offer regular trainings on fundraising, facilitation, digital organizing and the other things that make leaders successful?

Should we host user meet-ups to share best practices for folks on NationBuilder?

Are there other speakers we should engage, or community building events we should host?

We're committed to supporting leaders in LA, IRL. We're relying on you to tell us how, so we can't wait to connect with you.

You asked and we answered! NationBuilder users in the New York area, this is for you! We're inviting any folks interested in learning to use NationBuilder better, or customers with things to troubleshoot to hang together for our first user meet up IRL on July 25th! Members of the NationBuilder team will be there to answer questions, as well as members of the NationBuilder ecosystem who are experts on the product, but most importantly, this is a great opportunity to customers to meet each other, share best practices, and support each other as you're doing incredible things IRL!

Want to build community, swap stories, and probably learn something over a great meal with some incredible leaders?

Enter DISH: A supper club for leaders! We're kicking it off with this first 'evening of dinners' in July.

RSVP below if you'd like to be a guest at the inaugural meal. You'll be hosted for an intimate evening in a leaders' home, alongside other incredible leaders from across sectors. Break some bread, build some community, and get some fuel to lead more, and better!

If you'd like to volunteer to host a group of leaders for a meal in your home, sign up hereand we'll be in touch!!

**Ticket prices go directly to cover the dinner host's costs of providing you with an incredible meal to share with the incredible leaders that will be in your company!**

NationBuilder users in the Los Angeles area, this is for you! As the fundraising season approaches, we're inviting anyone interested in using NationBuilder to prepare for your next campaign, or customers with questions about the product to hang together for our first user meet up at NationBuilder HQ on August 10th!

Members of the NationBuilder team will be there to answer your questions, as well as members of the NationBuilder ecosystem who are experts on the product. Most importantly, this is a great opportunity for customers to meet each other, share best practices, and support each other as you're doing incredible things in your community!

NationBuilder users in the Chicago area, this is for you! We're hosting our first meet up IRL for customers and fellow leaders to hang together during happy hour on September 7th!

Members of the NationBuilder team will be there to answer questions, as well as members of the NationBuilder ecosystem who are experts on the product, but most importantly, this is a great opportunity to meet each other, share best practices, and support one another as you're doing incredible things in your community!

Want to build community, share stories, and enjoy a great dinner with a diverse group of leaders? Join us for an intimate conversation meal to get to know other members of our community and share what’s important to you as a leader in this political and social climate.

“If you bring people together from different backgrounds, and encourage them to have a one-on-one conversation in which they take off their masks, share part of their lives, and look through each other’s eyes, then you have created a small moment of equality and mutual understanding. And by multiplying these kinds of conversations, you can produce a microcosmic yet potent form of social change. Think of it as changing the world one conversation at a time.”

- Theodore Zeldin

**Tickets are available for $20 per person, which covers a delicious dinner from Lemonade and assorted beer & wine.**

Join us for a special event celebrating the release of Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home) by Morra Aarons-Mele, founder of the award-winning social change agency Women Online. Morra will be in conversation with NationBuilder’s President Lea Endres (a fellow introvert) on some of the books juiciest topics. They’ll also discuss their unlikely trajectories, decisions and compromises, and how they’re doing their best to lead authentically. Come, ask questions, enjoy appetizers and drinks, and meet incredible people. (And get a copy of Morra’s book!)

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Conversation begins at 6:30 p.m.

Wondering what Hiding in the Bathroom is about?

(a word from the Author)

It’s a roadmap for ambitious people who struggle with introversion, anxiety, or just crave a little more control over their work lives. It’s for entrepreneurs and executives alike, because if you’re driven and ambitious, conventional wisdom holds that you must network a lot. You must be always on. You must hustle and work 24-7. You must “get out there.” You must have a personal brand. You must put business first at all costs.

It’s just not true.

There is no one kind of successful person. You can be the kind of success you want to be, and you can have a powerful career that sustains you- the real you. Here’s the truth: success takes skill- it’s not an inherent gift. And it’s not the exclusive provenance of extroverts or the carefree.

Built on my decade of experience as a “hermit entrepreneur” and over 120 interviews, Hiding in the Bathroom shares skills, effective strategies, and real stories from people who’ve been there, and thrived by defining their own rules. We tackle the sometimes thorny emotions that accompany a big career, and help you create a plan for success that feels great.

The NationBuilder Women’s Conference is a highly facilitated, highly curated experience about and for women who are leading. Our day together in London will not be a typical conference with long keynote speeches or panels. We will share our stories, build community, and dig deep with each other -- combining rigorous fact-based knowledge with the power of narrative wisdom.

The specifics

The conference will take place at The Apartment at the Hoxton in Shoreditch. The program starts promptly at 9:00am (registration begins at 8:30am) on Saturday the 24th and we will end at 6:30pm. The experience stacks on top of itself, so trust us, you won't want to miss a minute.

What can you expect?

As our past participants have said, it's kind of hard to put what the conference is like into words. So we asked them to share just one that summed up their experience, and this is what they said: nourishing, inspiring, activating, grounding, transformational, life-altering, bolstering, invigorating, and extraordinary.

So, how do you know if this is right for you?

If you have a deep yearning to talk about the things that matter - the nuanced and complex and deep issues that never get talked about anywhere else, this is your space.

If you care, more than you can put into words, about women and leadership and how we make it possible so all women (and all people) can lead - this is your classroom.

If you want to feel deeply connected with people you’d never normally speak to - this is your community.

Very few customers use NationBuilder’s built-in text messaging features to their full potential. Join Josh Gray-Emmer from BridGE for a combo whiskey tasting and interactive text messaging demo and learn how to knock it out of the park while enjoying some fantastic bourbon and scotch.

Learn how to activate audiences, ask complex questions of supporters using keywords, and grow your base.

This event is totally free, but we strongly suggest that you use Metro/Uber/Lyft to attend, as alcohol will be served.

Doors will open at 5:30pm

Our host Josh Gray-Emmer is the Founder and CEO of BridGE, a firm that helps DTLA businesses reach residents, and NationBuilder customers with strategy and execution. He's also a 24 year veteran of The Sundance Film Festival and the founder of three successful companies.

This week, Emily Schwartz, VP of Organizing, Hilary Doe, VP of Strategy, and Steve Pawliks, Enterprise Sales Director, will be in Chicago attending NewFounders Conference on Wednesday, October 18th. They would love to connect with you and you can join them at the conference by purchasing a ticket on NewFounders site. If you not able to attend and would just like to find a time for drinks or good conversation, shoot Emily an email at eschwartz@nationbuilder.com or Steve at pawliks@nationbuilder.com.

NationBuilder users in the Boston area, this is for you! We're hosting our first meet up for customers and fellow leaders to connect with each other during happy hour on October 19th!

Our Sr. Enterprise Account Manager, Sorcha Rochford, will be there to answer questions, as well as members of the NationBuilder ecosystem who are experts on the product, but most importantly, this is a great opportunity to meet each other, share best practices, and support one another as you're doing incredible things in your community!

We are excited to invite you to join us Monday 23rd October at 12:00pm for a panel lunch and networking event we are organising with our friends and partners at Beekeeper Group.

The political landscapes on both sides of the Atlantic have seen tremendous changes over the past several years with the rise of online movements and their impact at the ballot box and influence over legislators, political campaigns and decision-makers. These groups have used digital tools, social media and new tactics to harness the passion of their supporters and channel it towards collective action.

Our session will discuss what we can learn from these movements and how we can leverage the best of their communications, tools and advocacy tactics for the advocacy campaigns we work on for organisations in Brussels. Whether you work for an NGOS, a trade association, a federation or a corporation this session is for you.

A light lunch will be provided which will include some food and drinks for our guests.

NationBuilder users in the DC area, this is for you! We're hosting a meet up for customers and fellow leaders to connect with each other during happy hour on October 25th!

Members of the NationBuilder team will be there to answer questions, as well as members of the NationBuilder ecosystem who are experts on the product, but most importantly, this is a great opportunity to meet each other, share best practices, and support one another as you're doing incredible things in your community!

You're invited to a community workshop on end-of-year giving campaigns, hosted by NationBuilder NYC and our partners at Mosaic Strategies Group. Please join us on Wednesday, November 1st at Civic Hall.

Join us for an evening of community, ceremony and leadership at the home of the Cohen family in Northridge, CA. NationBuilder Cities is committed to teaching leadership best practices to fellow leaders in the community, and this month’s event introduces leadership and community-building through the family unit. As a family with six children and counting, the Cohens have cultivated a healing home for many members of their community. This November, they thought to bring NationBuilder’s leaders into a more intimate home setting and model their way of leading and holding space for community work. The evening will begin with a communal meal, followed by a community council in which the Cohen's will introduce the way they hold space.

The Cohens will prepare traditional Middle Eastern dishes, and additionally please contact Ayelet for what food offering you can bring (drinks, salads, etc.) so we can coordinate a meal for everyone. Vegetarian options will be available as well, but please let us know if you have any other dietary restrictions.

NationBuilder Toronto is launching! We're hosting our first meet up for customers and fellow leaders to connect with each other during happy hour on Friday, November 17th!

Our Sr. Enterprise Account Manager, Sorcha Rochford, will be there to answer questions, as well as members of the NationBuilder ecosystem who are experts on the product. We'll have drinks and snacks, but most importantly, this is a great opportunity to meet each other, share best practices, and support one another as you're doing incredible things in your community!

NationBuilder users in the Melbourne area, this is for you! Join us on Tuesday, November 21 and connect with other customers and fellow leaders over happy hour drinks.

Our VP of Organizing, Emily Schwartz, our Regional Director - APAC, Joe Raphael, and members of the NationBuilder expert ecosystem will be there to answer questions and share knowledge about our software. We'll have drinks and snacks, but most importantly, you'll get to meet us and each other, compare notes on best practices, and support one another as you lead in your community.

NationBuilder users in the Sydney area, this is for you! Join us on Friday, November 24th and connect with other customers and fellow leaders over happy hour drinks.

Our VP of Organizing, Emily Schwartz, our Regional Director - APAC, Joe Raphael, and members of the NationBuilder expert ecosystem will be there to answer questions and share knowledge about our software. We'll have drinks and snacks, but most importantly, you'll get to meet us and each other, compare notes on best practices, and support one another as you lead in your community.

As a part of INTO ACTION, the groundbreaking social justice festival of art and ideas, NationBuilder will be hosting an intimate conversation on January 20th about the leadership gap facing women. This session will blend the power of hard-hitting research with personal narrative to illuminate the resulting emotional, economic and societal costs of the gap and what we can do about it.

INTO ACTION is a celebration of community power and cultural resistance taking place January 13-21 in Downtown Los Angeles and is free and open to the public. More information: www.into-action.us/calendar

On February 2, we’re opening our Downtown LA HQ to Coro Southern California, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization focused on cultivating the next generation of diverse leaders through hands-on, collaborative, cross-sectoral learning. Coro’s one-day conference will bring together over 200 leading technology innovators, policymakers, scholars, and campaign practitioners to explore the intersection of technology and democracy and discuss how we need to adapt in order to strengthen democracy in the digital age.

Panelists and presenters include Lea Endres, NationBuilder Co-Founder and CEO, and Jim Cupples, Founder of RunForOffice.org, who will join the discussion on the impact of technology on our civic engagement, the way we access news and information, and how these shifts have both strengthened and threatened our democratic process.

Tickets to the conference are available here, starting from $140 per person if purchased by January 19th. We’d love to have you join us!

Hey Toronto! We're hosting our first monthly meet-up for NationBuilders, leaders, and community organizers of any stripe. Join us atThe Boxcar Social on TemperanceStreet for coffee, beer, food and friends.

PLAN:(6:00-6:30PM) Help us plan future meet-ups. We'll figure out how the NationBuilder Toronto Chapter will work, collect ideas for future topics and presentations, and decide where and when to meet next!

LEARN: (6:30-7:00PM) Worried about how CASL (Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation) effects your Nation?NationBuilder Agency Arke Marketingwill lead our first meet-up discussion to share their tips and tricks for maintaining an awesome email list. (Let us know if you'd like to present a topic, show off one of your NationBuilder projects, or teach us how to do something cool at a future meet-up!)

CONNECT: (7:00PM-till they kick us out) Socialize with old friends and meet new ones, nerd-out over NationBuilder, share your big wins, and swap war stories!

At NationBuilder, we’re dedicated to strategically advancing our product, so it can help all who use it to build a sustainable base of support—of donors, members, volunteers, recruiters, customers, and ambassadors—more effectively than ever before.

That’s why we want to invite you to come and learn about ways to simplify and amplify your fundraising efforts in 2018.

The programming will include an interactive learning session from Mpumi Nobiva, leader of Share Your Story Africa initiative, experienced fundraiser, and international motivational speaker.

About Mpumi: Orphaned by AIDs as a young girl, she has dedicated her life to inspiring people to believe that they are more than their circumstances. She is a graduate of the inaugural class of Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, and the founder of Share your Story Africa a community foundation focused on serving Africa's most vulnerable young female leaders.

And, a special appearance from NationBuilder Product Manager, Jason Meer, who will preview exciting fundraising upgrades within NationBuilder that will make your donations more sustainable, your life easier, and your organizations thrive.

You will leave this lunch inspired and full of practical tips, good food and a new network of fundraising professionals to connect with.

Tickets are $10 and include a delicious Valentine’s meal. (Vegan and Vegetarian options will be available)

NationBuilder Cities exists to build a supportive community of leaders, share best practices, and take digital organizing to the next level.

That’s why we’re inviting you to our first event of 2018, where we’ll connect to discuss successful digital strategies for building movements and informing the public and policymakers on key issues from some influential leaders in advocacy.

Our panel discussion will explore the new best practices to manage complex issues, how to create campaigns that leverage them, and how to communicate authentically in our fast-paced political and media landscape.

The programming will include interactive presentations fromStephanie Stouffer of APCO and Mark Fisher of the American Heart Association,Jeb Ory of Phone 2 Action, and Sarah Yiof CTIA. Moderated by Will Conway, NationBuilder Director of Politics and Advocacy.

Please join us for this exciting panel conversation, drinks, and networking with fellow leaders.

At NationBuilder, we’re dedicated to strategically advancing our product, so it can help all who use it to build a sustainable base of support—of donors, members, volunteers, recruiters, customers, and ambassadors—more effectively than ever before. And NationBuilder Cities exists to build a supportive community of leaders, share best practices, and take digital organizing to the next level

That’s why we're inviting you to come and learn about ways to simplify and amplify your fundraising efforts in 2018.

The programming will include an interactive learning session from Whitney Brown of Public Outreach Group, and NationBuilder Senior Strategist Victoria Cross will be there to connect with you and share knowledge about our software.

You will leave this lunch inspired and full of practical tips, good food and a new network of fundraising professionals to connect with. We can't wait to see you there!

Creating change in the world has never been more urgent or more challenging. This evening is all about how we, as leaders, change-makers, philanthropists, and a community of people who give a damn, can cut through the noise, give powerful voice to causes, and have an impact in deep, sometimes surprising ways.

We'll hear from three incredible leaders who span generations and ethnicities, share stories of our own, engage in surprising and deep conversations, and perhaps even find new opportunities to work together. Our hope is that everyone comes away inspired and with concrete actions they can implement right away.

All in about two hours. It's going to be fun. And it won't happen without you. Hope you can join us!

Tickets are $20, use code 'NBFRIEND' for a special discount and please RSVP here.

Hosted by Michael Kass:

Michael Kass is a Los Angeles-based facilitator, coach, speaker, and award-winning storyteller dedicated to helping people, organizations and communities discover and harness the power of their stories to create change.